The Soviet Union was keenly aware the United States was building a ‘space bomber’ and quickly began development of their own manned spaceplane. While this Soviet Shuttle would not be as ...

For many years NASA and Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, were the only spacefaring entities in the world. The Chinese ...

Join us on an extraordinary journey into the deserts of western Kazakhstan as we uncover one of the Soviet Union's most ambitious ... the Soviet response to NASA's Space Shuttle, and the ...

Here’s a look at space accidents that have affected astronauts or other staff related to spaceflight. Accidents that involved unmanned spacecraft are not included. Timeline October 24, 1960 – The ...

The creation of the Energiya rocket and the Buran space shuttle became the most impressive ... 1,206 enterprises from all across the Soviet Union. The program was closed in 1993.

Kraft recalls laying bare the budget jeopardy faced by the shuttle. “We were totally incapable of meeting any sort of flight ...

pioneered a voyage into space ... [+] that was both groundbreaking and heartbreaking. On November 3rd, 1957, the Soviet Union made history by launching the first living creature into Earth’s ...

with the Soviet Union.Despite the uncertainties surrounding Carter's motivations, the decision proved pivotal. The Space Shuttle program, which eventually led to groundbreaking missions such as ...

float freely in orbit – to space-walk. He was pilot of the Voskhod 2 mission, part of the Soviet Union’s attempt in competition with the US to reach the moon. Leonov’s walk on 18 March 1965 ...